reduced daily rest

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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so can all drivers use the option to take the 9 hour daily rest? (max 3 times per week)

or do the like of tanker drivers who load and unload the truck have to take 11 hours a night?

thanks

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pump:
so can all drivers use the option to take the 9 hour daily rest? (max 3 times per week)

or do the like of tanker drivers who load and unload the truck have to take 11 hours a night?

thanks

Any driver working to EU regulations can have a reduced daily rest period, well unless there’s a company rule against it obviously.

Being a bit pedantic maybe but it’s 3 times between weekly rest periods not per week :wink:

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tachograph:

pump:
so can all drivers use the option to take the 9 hour daily rest? (max 3 times per week)

or do the like of tanker drivers who load and unload the truck have to take 11 hours a night?

thanks

Any driver working to EU regulations can have a reduced daily rest period, well unless there’s a company rule against it obviously.

Being a bit pedantic maybe but it’s 3 times between weekly rest periods not per week :wink:

thanks for that was thinking 3 times a week sounded a lot

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Being a bit pedantic maybe but it’s 3 times between weekly rest periods not per week :wink:
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is that between two 45 hour rest periods?

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pump:

tachograph:
Being a bit pedantic maybe but it’s 3 times between weekly rest periods not per week :wink:

is that between two 45 hour rest periods?

No it can be between any two weekly rest periods, regular or reduced.

For instance you could start work Monday after a weekly rest period and have reduced daily rest periods on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, if you then had a reduced weekly rest period on Thursday, you could have another 3 reduced daily rest periods on Friday Saturday and Sunday.

That would give you six reduced daily rest periods in a fixed week, see why we tend to be a bit pedantic about the wording :wink:

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tachograph:

pump:

tachograph:
Being a bit pedantic maybe but it’s 3 times between weekly rest periods not per week :wink:

is that between two 45 hour rest periods?

No it can be between any two weekly rest periods, regular or reduced.

For instance you could start work Monday after a weekly rest period and have reduced daily rest periods on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, if you then had a reduced weekly rest period on Thursday, you could have another 3 reduced daily rest periods on Friday Saturday and Sunday.

That would give you six reduced daily rest periods in a fixed week, see why we tend to be a bit pedantic about the wording :wink:

lol you could be tacho.
so your answer puts my mate wrong. i hate when lads tell you something that you know is wrong but then start to second guess yourself

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It’s funny the way it’s stated in the guidelines as daily rest CAN be reduced to 9hrs up to 3 times between weekly rests but some companies see it as normal for a driver to reduce the daily rest 3 times a week and work 15hrs Inbetween them.
Same as the driving hours, they plan runs to max them out instead of leaving a couple of hours for unforeseen circumstances such as delays and then it’s the driver that gets fined when they find themselves going over the hours.